Questão de Inglês - Write T (True) or F (False) for each statement. Then, correct the false statements with a fragment from the text.

Write T (True) or F (False) for each statement. Then, correct the false statements with a fragment from the text. Write the answers in your notebook. 

a. Many species that live in tropical forests have not been identified yet. 

b. Some medicines used in treatments for cancer and heart disease come from tropical forests. 

c. The soil in tropical rain forests is rich in nutrients. 

d. Deforestation of tropical rain forests contributes to global warming.

e. Brazil has the highest rate of deforestation.

RESPOSTA:

a. T; 

b. T; 

c. F: Fragment: “only to discover soil too poor in nutrients to sustain agriculture for more than a few years”/“Most nutrients in tropical rain forests are stored in the vegetation rather than in the soil, which is very poor” (fact file); 

d. T; 

e. F: Fragment: “but Nigeria, in Africa, has the highest rate of deforestation” (fact file).